Over 25% unicorns in India founded by serial entrepreneurs: ReportThe expertise and experience to run a business helped India become the third nation to have 100 unicorns, including the 24 unicorns that em...
14 Feb, 2023, 04.31 PM IST
Rural-tech firm Faarms raises $ 10mn in recent funding roundThe funds will be used to expand Faarms’ geographical footprint in India, scale up their supply and distribution channels, recruitment, and...
14 Jul, 2022, 12.47 PM IST
SaaS firm LeadSquared enters unicorn club with $153 million fundingThe funding values LeadSquared at $1 billion, founder and CEO Nilesh Patel told ET, making it the latest software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm ...
22 Jun, 2022, 01.48 PM IST
E-sports gaming platform Gamerji raises $1.1 millionFounded in 2019 by gaming expert and serial entrepreneur Soham Thacker, GamerJi is India's leading Esports tournament platform where users ...
07 Mar, 2022, 07.10 PM IST
Xpressbees headed to unicorn club, in talks for $300 millionXpressbees will raise $100 million by offering fresh shares, where the proceeds will go into the company’s coffers, the people said. Some o...
17 Jan, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Early-stage dealmaking hits a crescendo as investors flock to IndiaIndia’s early-stage startups raised more capital in October-December 2021 than all of the fundraising in 2020, according to a CB Insights r...
13 Jan, 2022, 07.38 PM IST
No one is as bullish on startups as CRED founder Kunal ShahHurun India said Kunal Shah tops the list of entrepreneurs with the most number of investments in startups that may turn unicorn in the nex...
02 Sep, 2021, 02.56 PM IST
Zeta becomes 14th Indian unicorn this year after SoftBank fundingBhavin Turakhia's Zeta, the banking technology startup which counts Sodexo and HDFC Bank as partners, has raised $250 million from SoftBank...
24 May, 2021, 08.54 PM IST
Powerhouse91 building Thrasio of India by acquiring ecommerce brandsPowerhouse 91 uses growth capital and various e-commerce capabilities in order to take the acquired brands to the next level.
20 Apr, 2021, 04.40 PM IST
Celebrity commerce startup GoNuts raises Rs 3.5 crore in seed fundingGonuts allows fans to get personalised messages from their favourite celebrities. It boasts of a portfolio of over 700 celebrities across c...
10 Nov, 2020, 04.31 PM IST
Serial entrepreneur Rajesh Dembla keen to invest in Kerala startupsLast week, Microsoft held an event to guide Kerala startups towards becoming companies valued at over one billion US dollars.
09 Dec, 2019, 05.31 PM IST
Startup founders who scored big exits are rebounding with a second ventureWhile one in 10 investments thrive, investors hope signing up with seasoned entrepreneurs will even the odds.
09 Sep, 2019, 09.20 AM IST
After Flipkart’s big moment, startups dream bigA week after the Walmart-Flipkart deal, employees and start-up entrepreneurs are still talking about it.
21 May, 2018, 11.58 AM IST
The ET India startup ecosystem barometerThe most definitive survey of India’s most influential startup entrepreneurs and investors threw up a few surprises, check out here.
12 Aug, 2016, 09.42 AM IST
Excess money, inflated valuations barring potential of vibrant startup industryBeyond the sound bytes and analogies that investors and entrepreneurs like to bandy about, there was agreement and realization that the cli...
29 Jul, 2016, 05.24 AM IST
A serial entrepreneur on why starting up is tough but every bit worth itThe social stigma attached to being unemployed and unemployable, which was how an entrepreneur was viewed two decades ago, is not there any...
26 Jun, 2016, 11.06 AM IST
Startups grab eyeballs as investors, customers & mentors home in on Nasscom's InnoTrekInnoTrek is Nasscom’s initiative to expose early-stage Indian entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley stakeholders & its second edition was attende...
19 May, 2015, 03.32 PM IST